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Truman Reelected
President Harry S. Truman was re-elected for a second term -
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Vietnam War
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Port Huron Statement
TomHaydenwrote the "Port Huron Statement" anti-communist students for a democratic society. -
Anti war protest in foreign countries
Groups begin to form and protest the war in England and Australia. -
War Resisters League
This group organized the first US protest against Vietnam War and "anti-Buddhist terrorism". -
Progressive Labor Party
A conference of students planned many marches and protest across the country in places like San Francisco and New York. -
The first anti war acts take place
Twelve yound men publicly burned their draft cards to prtoest the war. -
Uproars over the 1965 boat bombings
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Many American people were angry over a retaliation attack that the US carried out. -
March at University of Kansas
The student union for peace group organized the anti war protest that took place at the University of Kansas -
March Against the Vietnam War
The largest protest against the war was planned on this day. There was said to be between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand. -
Berkeley protest
Hundreds of people carried black coffins maching towards the draft board. On the same day 40 men burned their draft cards as a protest
